ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL. Hosted by Ben Brock Johnson & Amory Sivertson.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
29 minutes
English
United States
472 episodes
since Dec. 4, 2017
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~52.69% of listeners are from United States.
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US
52.69%
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CA
12.22%
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VN
9.79%
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IE
6.01%
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GB
2.86%
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AU
1.74%
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SG
1.35%
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IN
1.06%
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KE
1.04%
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JP
1.02%
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IL
0.93%
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DE
0.89%
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HK
0.68%
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FR
0.50%
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MX
0.43%
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AR
0.39%
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NZ
0.39%
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NL
0.36%
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ES
0.36%
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SE
0.35%
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BR
0.31%
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RO
0.28%
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CZ
0.26%
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BE
0.25%
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TW
0.23%
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PH
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ZA
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CH
0.18%
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MY
0.16%
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DK
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IT
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CN
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TR
0.10%
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EC
0.10%
Others
2.23%
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Mo lives in Aden, an ancient city in southern Yemen. Built on a volcanic crater, it has castles and beaches set against mountains. It's beautiful. Like the rest of the country, it is also in the midst of an ongoing civil war. This summer, protests broke out over living conditions and basic services…
Ben can make a roaring, rumbling sound with his ears that no one else can hear. He never thought much about it — whether only he could do this, or whether everyone could do this — until he discovered a subreddit called Ear Rumblers Assemble: a whole community devoted to the mysterious and understud…
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In 2022, freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got a new neighbor: an owl. What wasn't clear was whether the owl was trying to befriend them, or catch them.
Sometimes the owl seemed to be chasing students. Other times…
Grab your telescopes because this week on Endless Thread Ben and NPR Short Wave host Emily Kwong take us down two science-related internet wormholes. First, Emily introduces us to the intergalactic world of astronaut fan fiction, starring the crew of the 2026 Artemis II moon mission. Then, Ben take…
The 190 passengers of a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Palma de Mallorca, Spain had settled into their seats for their overnight flight when the captain gave an announcement: everyone had to turn off their Bluetooth devices — or he was going to turn around the plane. This confoun…
The brand Fruit of the Loom is almost ubiquitous in the world of underwear and casual wear. You have likely seen its logo, if not on your own body, on store racks or at least in ads. Now, in your mind's eye, picture it. What do you see?
For years, countless people have been taking to the internet…
This week on Endless Thread it's a producer takeover with Grace Tatter and Kalyani Saxena serving up some delicious online stories. First, Kalyani digs into why the internet is so hungry for perpetual stews (a stew that is simmered and added on to in perpetuity). Then, Grace dishes on a listener co…
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